Patrice takes the train to Minneapolis Wood Mountain worries about her naïveté and asks for the addresses she will search, just in case. Wood Mountain nearly wins his fight against the local white champion, Joe “Wobble” Wobleszynski, but the white timekeeper cheats to let Joe win. His best boxing student is Wood Mountain, son of the government compound cook, Juggie Blue. He has his eye on the exotic Pixie, but she pays him no attention. Lloyd Barnes is the white boxing coach and math teacher. Zhaanat’s cousin Gerald performs a ceremony to look for Vera, and he sees her very sick and curled up with a baby. Her older sister, Vera, has gone missing in Minneapolis. Patrice supports her mother, Zhaanat, who holds the stories and ceremonies of their people, as well as her younger brother, Pokey. Patrice aspires to something bigger, but for now she just gets by.
Her wages support her family, including her violent and drunken father, who comes by looking for money. Patrice “Pixie” Paranteau is the fastest worker at the plant. Thomas lives with his wife, Rose, her mother, Noko, and his younger children. He spends his nights between rounds writing letters to contacts and officials for information about the proposed bill. Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the Turtle Mountain Jewel Bearing Plant, as well as the tribal chairman. The novel is loosely based on the author’s grandfather, who fought against the “termination” of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. In 1953, House Concurrent Resolution 108 proposes to end treaties between American Indian Nations and the U.S. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Erdrich, Louise.
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